NSDate rolling year over to next year on Dec 31

Question

If I have this date:

dtToUse __NSTaggedDate *    2017-12-31 05:00:00 UTC

which I get from a string using this method:

- (NSDate*) convertStringToDate : (NSString*) strToConvert andTheFormatToUse: (NSString*) strFormat {

    NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:strFormat];

    [dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]];

    return [dateFormatter dateFromString:strToConvert];
}

and I use this code to display it:

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/YYYY"];
    NSString* strDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dtExpiration];

    self.txtCurrentField.text = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dtExpiration];

But no matter what I do, the year increments 1 - so 2017 becomes 2018

This only happens for Dec. 31, any year. I suspect it is a time zone issue but I am not sure how to fix, as I am converting time zone to local already

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Just try

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];

instead of

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/YYYY"];

After that, it will show 12/31/2017.

Different between YYYY and yyyy. https://stackoverflow.com/a/15133656/1342266

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Apr 28 '17 at 05:01

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Thanks, I picked that up after I posted this. Gave you the up points though. – PruitIgoe May 03 '17 at 15:47
If this is the right solution then please accept the answer so it will help to others. – kb920 May 03 '17 at 18:40

NSDate rolling year over to next year on Dec 31

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